Top 6 Tess Of The D Urbervilles Quotes

O, you have torn my life all to pieces... made me be what I prayed you in pity not to make me be again!

Pieces, Pity, Tess Of The D Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy (2016). “Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman”, p.466, Thomas Hardy

A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.

Strength, Strong Women, Tess Of The D Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy (1874). “Far From the Madding Crowd”, p.221, Henry Holt

Beauty lay not in the thing, but in what the thing symbolized.

Tess Of The D Urbervilles, Lays

Thomas Hardy (2016). “Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman”, p.360, Thomas Hardy

Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks.

Tess Of The D Urbervilles, Tricks, Novel

Thomas Hardy (1892). “Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented”

Did it never strike your mind that what every woman says, some women may feel?

Mind, May, Tess Of The D Urbervilles

Tess of the D'Urbervilles ch. 12 (1891)

My eyes were dazed by you for a little, and that was all.

Eye, Littles, Tess Of The D Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy (2016). “Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Diversion Classics)”, p.95, Diversion Books

Tess Of The D Urbervilles Quotes